“Hi, I’m getting paid £7 an hour and I let my boss dry ■■■■ my arse for that too, is that a good deal?”
Then someone will tell them that it’s not a good deal.
Which it isn’t.
Then lots of people who let their boss dry ■■■■ their arses for £7 an hour will come on and say that person is just bragging and the OP should crack on with getting his arse dry [zb]ed for £7 an hour.
I’m very anti the £7 ph work , but why start another thread on it ? Very poorly put by the way. Your typing is sub £7 ph , thank your lucky stars you can drive.
Haven’t you been reading this forum lately ,every man and his dog have had substantial pay rises due too the dcpc ,
Bosses ,agencies have been chucking money at there drivers ( even stobart drivers have gone up from £7 p.h to £10.10 ph ) ,other than the odd driver most are on £10+ p?he !thank god for the dcpc.
Propaganda. If lots of people say they’re on £7 an hour, other people will think they’re ahead of the game if they’re on £7.50 and won’t join in the push to raise rates.
Now, who wants rates to stay low?
Perhaps someone has had a bad week out, come home on Friday & headed down to the bottle shop for a few cold shandy`s, then come on TNUK and posted a pointless thread to blow off steam??
£7 p/h isnt good in anyones book shop assistants in tesco are on more than that its bad enough being paid £9.20 an hour at poundland for the crap we put up with.
Girlfriend works for tesco as a team leader and she’s on more than me.
I have taken a cut to £9.50 per hour and that has gone up by £1 per hour. I still think its a low rate but its containers so plenty of doing nothing, day shift and most importantly, 15 minutes from home so I spend an hour less in my car every day
Radar19:
£7 an hour or no job at all. Choose wisely.
I bet bosses love you.
The problem is, or should be, £7 an hour is money you can get doing almost anything else. Jobs that are usually far easier and require less investment than being a truck driver. Driving for that money makes you a mug IMO.
Radar19:
£7 an hour or no job at all. Choose wisely.
I bet bosses love you.
The problem is, or should be, £7 an hour is money you can get doing almost anything else. Jobs that are usually far easier and require less investment than being a truck driver. Driving for that money makes you a mug IMO.
Never said I agreed with it. I’m in a position where I’ve been offered agency work on bins at £7.50 an hour for the first 12 weeks, £8.50 using their umbrella scheme. Its obviously a job and knock game so I’m not sure I want it if I’m only going to be actually working for 4-6 hours a day whilst the other guys get paid for 8 even if they finish after 4 hours.
Contraflow:
I’ve noticed a new trend on here recently.
Someone will come on and say something like:
“Hi, I’m getting paid £7 an hour and I let my boss dry [zb] my arse for that too, is that a good deal?”
Then someone will tell them that it’s not a good deal.
Which it isn’t.
Then lots of people who let their boss dry [zb] their arses for £7 an hour will come on and say that person is just bragging and the OP should crack on with getting his arse dry [zb]ed for £7 an hour.
What the actual [zb] is wrong with you people?
Seriously?
Does this mean you prefer your boss to use some lubrication when you let him f**k your arse?
Radar19:
£7 an hour or no job at all. Choose wisely.
I bet bosses love you.
The problem is, or should be, £7 an hour is money you can get doing almost anything else. Jobs that are usually far easier and require less investment than being a truck driver. Driving for that money makes you a mug IMO.
Never said I agreed with it. I’m in a position where I’ve been offered agency work on bins at £7.50 an hour for the first 12 weeks, £8.50 using their umbrella scheme. Its obviously a job and knock game so I’m not sure I want it if I’m only going to be actually working for 4-6 hours a day whilst the other guys get paid for 8 even if they finish after 4 hours.
Radar19:
Never said I agreed with it. I’m in a position where I’ve been offered agency work on bins at £7.50 an hour for the first 12 weeks, £8.50 using their umbrella scheme. Its obviously a job and knock game so I’m not sure I want it if I’m only going to be actually working for 4-6 hours a day whilst the other guys get paid for 8 even if they finish after 4 hours.
That’s a double shafting then. £8.50 is only 13% more than £7.50. Whenever I’ve done LTD or Umbrella it was ALWAYS 25% more. The agency will be pocketing the other 12% they owe you. Then any money you might make by using an Umbrella scheme will be sucked up in fees by the Umbrella company. And £7.50 is crap to begin with.
Depends on your circumstances. I wouldn’t knock someone for taking one for the team to gain experience, we’ve all been there. Or at least most have. But I often wonder why experienced drivers with the ability to earn more sell themselves short in jobs like this.
And yes, minimum 8 hours from an agency, don’t take anything less.
Terry T:
That’s a double shafting then. £8.50 is only 13% more than £7.50. Whenever I’ve done LTD or Umbrella it was ALWAYS 25% more. The agency will be pocketing the other 12% they owe you. Then any money you might make by using an Umbrella scheme will be sucked up in fees by the Umbrella company. And £7.50 is crap to begin with.
And don’t forget that if they do talk you into umbrella then unlike doing agency on PAYE you won’t be entitled to the same pay rate/min contracted hours as the employed bin men once you’ve been there 12 weeks as is your right under AWR. I bet the bin wagon company’s employees are getting paid more than £7.50/hr.
When I read the title I thought you were sugessting an alternative job to driving. I know a lot of lads are jacking because of the dcpc, but I think I would try McDonalds first
Radar19:
Never said I agreed with it. I’m in a position where I’ve been offered agency work on bins at £7.50 an hour for the first 12 weeks, £8.50 using their umbrella scheme. Its obviously a job and knock game so I’m not sure I want it if I’m only going to be actually working for 4-6 hours a day whilst the other guys get paid for 8 even if they finish after 4 hours.
That’s a double shafting then. £8.50 is only 13% more than £7.50. Whenever I’ve done LTD or Umbrella it was ALWAYS 25% more. The agency will be pocketing the other 12% they owe you. Then any money you might make by using an Umbrella scheme will be sucked up in fees by the Umbrella company. And £7.50 is crap to begin with.
Depends on your circumstances. I wouldn’t knock someone for taking one for the team to gain experience, we’ve all been there. Or at least most have. But I often wonder why experienced drivers with the ability to earn more sell themselves short in jobs like this.
And yes, minimum 8 hours from an agency, don’t take anything less.
I’m new at all this but if I was doing Class 1 I would not do anything for less than £10 maybe even £12 an hour. For me, the type of jobs I get are multidrop or multidrop. There is some work here and there with another agency on a good contract that I enjoyed doing but those are few and far between. I need to get some money rolling in now so I’m stuck. Do I take on this job for poor pay or wait till I find something that pays more but might not be as easy or fun? On the plus side, it does go up to £9/9.50 after 12 weeks.
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Radar19:
Terry T:
Radar19:
£7 an hour or no job at all. Choose wisely.
I bet bosses love you.
The problem is, or should be, £7 an hour is money you can get doing almost anything else. Jobs that are usually far easier and require less investment than being a truck driver. Driving for that money makes you a mug IMO.
Never said I agreed with it. I’m in a position where I’ve been offered agency work on bins at £7.50 an hour for the first 12 weeks, £8.50 using their umbrella scheme. Its obviously a job and knock game so I’m not sure I want it if I’m only going to be actually working for 4-6 hours a day whilst the other guys get paid for 8 even if they finish after 4 hours.
